‘Model idols’ Nine Muses will be making a comeback in January of 2013.

The girls have finished recording most of the songs on their upcoming album, which is currently undergoing post-production. Nine Muses’ title track has been revealed to be produced by Sweetune, who’s worked with the group since their song “Figaro“.

The upcoming album will mark almost a year since Nine Muses promoted their song “Ticket” last March. The members are reported to have performed at events and finished individual schedules in the meantime.

What’s particularly interesting is the rumor of a member change. After a photo of an event promotion was spread online, fans noticed that some members were not present. Nine Muses is also rumored to be planning to promote as a full 9-member team once again.

Well, this group sure has a highly confusing member history. Apparently Sungah/Seungah/Sungha(?) who was in the original line-up, has been back with the group for a while now, not that I'm even sure at which point she left. That would make the group a logical nine-member unit again, at least.

The bad news is that it's not the full 82 minute thing, but a shorter, truncated 45 minute version. Googled and found this translation from Hallyu8, source unknown:

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Hello, 9 Muses of Stare Empire fans!

Here we have a news for you. We made a shorter TV reportage style of the film with a different title IDOL and it will be aired this week on BBC World this weekend.

Minch & Films and Style Chosun joint production "IDOL" is a TV documentary about a Korean idol band Nine Muses and the K-pop industry. Unlike 9 Muses of Stare Empire that has been selected for IDFA Music documentary competition, a 45 minutes TV documentary IDOL has more journalistic approach to the subject.

Don't miss it on BBC world this weekend!

Saturday (16th) 09:10, 20:10 and Sunday (17th) 02:10, 15:10 (GMT).

A more "journalistic" approach, whatever that means. Maybe less fluff, more raw? Well, no matter, def intend to watch this version, hope for the full one to appear some day.

I watched it earlier, and damn... They removed ALL the juicy bits from it that could be seen on the trailer. It felt like the fluff version that was hiding exactly how tough it is. I mean shit, wasn't Sera hospitalized? She had liquids going into her body or sth.